[boost] Re: GC

From: Philippe A. Bouchard (philippeb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-15 13:04:04

Larry Evans wrote:
> Kevin Cadieux wrote:
>
>> Would a library enabling Garbage Collecting be of any interest?
>>
> Yes, but how does it compare with that in:
>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/shared_cyclic_ptr/
> ?
> In particular, see the just uploaded proxchildren-pattern.html.
> I couldn't upload the class and sequence diagrams referenced by
> that html file.  I'll try later. I'm currently in midst
> of rewriting code; hence, it maybe better to wait, but the main
> advantages listed in that html file will still hold. (The file
> was created using docbook.  Thanks to Douglas Gregor for paving
> the way in that area).

It's pretty good.  "ip_assign_op_switch" is faster than "ip_offset_iterator"
but must be explicit?

An index.html would be great; an objective point of view.

Philippe